Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 90, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1930 — Page 1

HECKLER KILLS 2 SPEAKERS IN REDS’ MEETING Sacco-Vanzetti Session Is Murder Scene; Assassin Flees After Killings. RESISTS OUSTER EFFORT Escapes During Uproar as Communist Crowd Mills About Fallen Pair. B PITTSBURGH. Aug. 23.—A heckler shot and killed two communist speakers at Avella, Pa.. Friday night when they threatened him for his interference. The meeting was one of the Sac-co-Vanzetti demonstrations held throughout the country. Avella, a mining town, has many Communist sympathizers and the community has been the scencof several previous clashes. . The speakers, George Harkoff. 35, and Steve Mina. 40. were addressing about 150 persons at a carnival when their assailant heckled them and. when they advanced on him, suddenly drew a revolver and fired three times on the men. Harkoff fell with a bullet through bus heart. The other two shots truck Mina and killed him. Escapes During L’proar t The assassin, who was said by police to be an Italian named Pietro Petrelli, escaped during the excitement \ htch followed the shooting. It Police later visited his rooms and found a quantity of literature, described as incendiary, and some dynamite. Soldering irons and oth(s tools were found with the explosive. Residents of Avella knew little of the assailant apparently, police said. Frank Mucci, 39. a miner, told W. B. Dinsmore, Washington county detective, he saw Petrelli shoot the two men after they tried to chase the heckler from the field. Advanced Swinging Club Mucci declared Mina advanced swinging a large club at Petrelli and the heckler shot him. He turned on Harkoff when the latter started after him, then fired twice and Harkoff fell, Mucci said. Petrelll then crossed a creek and disappeared down the Wabash railroad tracks, according to Mucci. No communistic literature was found in PetreUi's room, detectives and state police said. The man had a reputation as an opponent of Communism and had voiced and acted his opposition in other meetings. Avella residents told the offleers. TRAFFIC SURVEY ON AUG. 29 IS AWAITED Choppers to Be Asked What Mode of Transportation Is Used. Traffic control is no matter of guesswork, but an exact science, based on tabulations, it is pointed out by the committee in charge of a “store count’’ to be made Aug. 29. With this fact in mind all shoppers in the downtown area will be asked what type of transportation they used to come downtown and whether the auto used were curb, lot or garage parked. The coun twill indicate necessary size and number of loading zones, to replace those recently ruled illegal and whether elimination ofall parking in downtown streets between the hours of 7 and 9:30 a. m. is desirable, the committee believes. , FIREBUG STILL BUSY Police Renew Incendiarist Hunt After Garage Bums. Search for the rebug who has set fire to several south side garages in the last two weeks, was renewed today after an incendiary blaze destroyed a garage and auto belonging to A. F. Hunter. 1851 New street. Friday night. Loss was estimated at SBOO by Hunter. GROCERIES ARE STOLEN Burglars Pry Bars From Window to Gain Admittance. Groceries valued at $25 and S6B in cash were stolen from the A. & P. grocery. 3506 College avenue, Friday night, C. V. Martin, assistant superintendent of the chain stores, informed police today. Bars had been pried from a rear window to gain admittance. crushlFundlTracks 6. C. McDaniels Seriously Injured in Moving Machinery. S. C. McDaniels, 42. of 1212 South Senate avenue, was in serious condition today at city hospital after • he was crushed under machine racks Friday aftemono. McDaniels was moving equipment of the Indianapolis Machine and Supply Company, 19 West South street, when the racks fell. He suffered severe back injuries. GIRL SLAIN BT I LAD Bv United Pre NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Demonstrating his marksmanship with a rifle today. Charles Werner, 14, shot and killed Helen Kurtz, 13. Sues to Recover U. S. Tax Alleging overassessment in income tax for 1921 and 1922. the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend has filed suit in federal court to recover $47,427 for the internal '' revenue bureau.

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The cause of all the trouble between Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, is Miss Mae Waldron < above), close associate arid coworker of the evangelist at her Los Angeles temple, so Mrs. Kennedy charges. This, Miss Waldron denies, saying all she did was to lock Mrs. Kennedy in a closet because “she talked too much.”

TROOPS REVOLT, TAKEPERU CITY Arequipa Officials in Hands of Revolutionists. Bu United Press LIMA. Peru, Aug. 23. An official communique today announced a revolutionary uprising of troops of the garrison at Arequipa. The rebels captured the government authorities at Arequipa and took possesison of the city, the second largest in Peru. Commandant - General Leopoldo Arias of Arequipa, and Prefect Federico Femandini were captured by the forces under direction of Sanchez Cerro. Arequipa. long a rival city of Lima, is inland on the railroad line in southern Peru. It has a population of more than 35,000 and is the center of a large trade in wool and cotton goods and mining products.

VIOLENCE FLARES IN MILK BATTLE

How the Market Opened

United Prcsn NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Stocks moved irregularly in the initial trading today, with the majority of changes narrow. Dealings generally were small, featured by activity in International Nickel, which opened 8,000 shares at 23*5, up United States Steel opened at 167*i, off U; Radio 40 s *. up Standard Gas 102, up 3 i; Westinghouse Electric 144 H, up Atchison :.0 S B, off %; Vanadium 90. unchanged. and General Motors 45, unchanged. The various groups moved erratically without trend and the market was without real feature in the early trading. Steel firmed up and then eased fractionally from its high, which was near the previous close. Other industrial leaders failed to make progress either way. Atlantic Refining slipped off a fraction on an unfavorable earnings statement, while Sinclair also lost on the first half report, which showed earnings equivalent to only 49 cents a common share or sl.Ol a share under common dividend requirements. Schulte Retail Stores held unchanged at 7H following publication of an estimate of its earnings for the first six months showing only 18 cents a common share was earned, against 65 cents a share in the corresponding period of 1929. Steel rose to 168'l in the first fifteen minutes, but it was quiet and had little apparent effect on the remainder of the market. Westinghouse Electric and American Can were firmer. The main body of stocks continued to move in a narrow range. Trading w'as dull. Chicago Stocks Opening <By Jme* T. FUrolll & Cos.) —Aug. 23 Auburn Motors 109 U Grigsby Grunow 13’, Bendix Aviation 31 •= towll com ..... - Cht Corn com.. 10 s , Mldd,eest Util. -B’, 3hi Coro pfd.. 38’, KansuWp*. JO’. Cities Service... IT 1 , U 8 Radio and T 23 Cord Con, 7 Util & Indu com 13’, Gen Theater 1. 31 U'Util & Ind pid 23 BRITISH JUKE DEAD 27 Blood Transfusions Fail to Save Life. Bu United Press LONDON. Aug. 23.—The duke of Northumberland. 50, soldier and Conservative politician, died early today after a long fight to overcome the effects of pneumonia by blood transfusions. Twenty-seven volunteers gave blood in the vain battle. The duke was one of the largest coal owners of northern England. He conducted an intensive campaign against Communism in 1919. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 59 8 a. m 67 7%. m..... 63 9a. m..... 74 10 ft. m...., 76

M’INTYRE TOY GOLF WINNER IN MOTS FINAL Defeats Theodore Siener by Score of 4 and 3 in Times Tourney. CITY CROWN UP TONIGHT Plays Mrs. Meyers, Woman Champion, to Decide Title. Morris Mclntyre, Mapleton course champion, scored a 4 up and 3 to play victory over Theodore Siener Friday night at the Plaza course, Pennsylvania and Michigan streets, to capture the men’s championship in The Timas city-wide toy golf tournament. Mclntyre, by virtue of his victory. will play Mrs. Mary Jane Meyers, women’s champion, tonight at 8 at the Butler Terrace course, Fifty-six and Illinois streets, for the city title. A large gallery watched the two men finalists as they teed off at the start of their thirty-six-hole match with Mclntyre winning the first hole. Squares it at Fourth Siener squared the match at the fourth hole, but Mclntyre, putting with deadly accuracy, then won five holes up to the fourteenth. However, Siener rallied gamely and captured the last four holes in a row to be one down at the end of eighteen. Mclntyre increased his lead at the start of the second eighteen, winning the first two holes. Siener again rallied and cut the lerd to one up, but cracked badly at the thirteenth, losing three holes In a row and the match. Few Bad Holes on Card Cards of both men showed few bad holes with the majority won, lost or halved in tl s. Each had two holes-in-one. ht .ng the twen-ty-third with ace shots. Anothe* large crowd is anticipated tonight when the newly crowned man champion clashes with Mrs. Meyers the women’s titleholder, at the Butler Terrace course. The match will start promptly at 8 and will be thirty-six holes of match play.

Fire on Trucks, Bomb Sheds of Farmers Near Kansas City. Bu United Press KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23.—Heartened by a decision which gave them legal right to import milk from Wisconsin and Minhesota, Kansas City distributors strengthened their guards today and reiterated intentions of ignoring striking milk producers. The board of health made the milk ruling after twenty-four hours of violence in w’hich milk trucks were fired upon from ambush, milk sheds were bombed and strikebreaking farmers were threatened when tly'y sold to distributors boycotted by the Pure Milk Producers’ Association. The 1,500 members of the association have been on a “selling strike” for more than a week since distributors refused to agree to buy milk from them at an increased price of $2.75 a hundred pounds. Consumers have not felt effects of the strike, and prices have not been advanced. H. E. Denlinger, manager of the milk association, attempted to force the distributors to stop shipping milk in by train. He said milk brought in from Wisconsin and Minnesota was too old for food consumption. Girls Annoyed Under Elevation Police today were searching for a man who attempted to grab two girls Friday afternoon as they walked under a railroad elevation at Merrill street. The girls told police that when they screamed the man fled.

LAWYER RELEASED FROM JAIL ON JUDGE’S ORDER

After serving less than a day of a three-day contempt of court sentence, John (Seck-tary) Hawkins, attorney, 1704 Sheldon street, was released today on the order of Wilbur Royse, special municipal judge, A’ho sentenced him and fined him $lO Friday. Royse. shortly after Hawkins strutted from the jail boasting of his ability to beat all the boys in there at checker, and lauding the breakfast he was served, refused to tell Tne Times’ why he released the attorney.

Visited by Same Bandits 4 Times in 10 Days

Filling station banditry m “getting plain monotonous” to one man in Indianapolis, who today vowed he'd declare personal war against three members of the gun and grab profession if they persisted in annoying him. He is Audrey Pleak, 25, of 321 East Tenth street, night relief at-

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23,1930

Peggy’s ‘Husband No. 1 ’ Is Sued for Divorce Bu United Pros SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—Comparisons are odious to Mrs. Alice Archibald, wife of Allen Archibald, first husband of Peggy Hopkins Joyce. She claimed in her petition that her husband continually reFor that reason Mrs. Archibald Friday filed a suit for divorce, ferred to her as an inferior person to the much-married Peggy. “The only woman I ever cared for was Peggy,” the complaint accused Archibald of saying. Archibald’s present marriage, howevre, lasted longre than his other one. He married Alice May 15, 1928, while his first matrimonial venture with Mrs. Joyce lasted only six weeks.

FLIERS ARE SET FOR AIR RACES

Notable Aviators of Whole World at Chicago for Event. BY SAM KNOTT United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—The world’s finest aviators taxied their airplanes to the starting line today for the tenth annual national air races. Assembled for the air spectacle were virtually all the notable fliers of the United States and many from abroad. Hundreds of planes, from tiny single passenger ships to niultimotored transports, were drawn up ready for the raising of Old Glory that officially opens the air meet at 1 p. m. Fifty Events on Program The lrst day of the spectacle that lasts through Sept. 1, with fifty racing events on the program dawned warm and clear. Race officials were conldent the presence of such an array of aircraft and American and foreign notables would attrack a crowd of 40,000 persons, the number the specially built grandstand will seat. The day’s activities included: Inaugural ceremonies, parade, bands, etc. Arrival of one of seven national air derbies. First of fifty racing events to be held during the ten-day meet. Daring tactical exhibitions and maneuvers by army, navy and marine squadrons, with bursting of balloons. Flight of Jimmy Doolittle in a speed ‘ mystery ship.” Dcolittle brought the personal well wishes of President Hoover for the succes of the races. Byrd Makes Speech The message was delivered Friday night at a banauet given in honor of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and attended by 1,500 persons. Admiral Byrd was presented a life membership in the National Aeronautical Association. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Dr. Eckener and Orille Wright are among the select few who have been thus honored. In an adress broadcast throughout the nation, Bvrd predicted the doom of the three-engine airplane unless great implements are made immediately, and hinted he was planning some new adventure. galiTushesloast New England Shipping Hit by Atlantic Storm. Bu United Press BOSTON, Aug. 23. Shipping along the New England coast was hampered seriously today by a northeast gaie whic lashed most of the Atlantic seaboard. The severe rainstorm was accompanied by high tides which saused some damage along the Maine and New Hampshire coasts and threatened waterfront property on the coast of Massachusetts. locked JL ICEBOX slls Loot Is Obtained by Grocery Bandit. Locking Clarence Holdsapple, 32, in the vofrige: ator of his grocery, 450 North Oxford street, an icebox bandit today obtained $115.98. Holdsapple told police the man was standing in front * the store when he opened it.

Later, however, Royse admitted he had been “run to death by attorneys and bondsmen” and even had contributed to a fund for Hawkins’ children Friday night. Hawkins was loud in his praise of the “swell place” where he spent the night. Royse sentenced Hawkins after the latter interrupted him several times in court Friday during trial of a case in which Hawkins was defense attorney. Hawkins insisted the judge “wasn't doing right” and yelled, “It ain’t fair!” His slient got ten days in jail and $lO fine.

tendant, who has figured in three of seven holdups and one attempted robbery of Gaseteria stations recently. On Aug. 12, two young men went to a station at 1702 West Washington street, took Pleak for a ride to th# . 400 block Wept Vermont stre# Mid relieved hud oI S2O.

RUM STEAMER ELUDES U. S., CANADA GUARD Suspect SIOO,OOO Beer, Ale Cargo Landed by Ship During Night. WINDSOR, Ont., Aug. 23.—Belief that a way to beat the new Canadian liquor export law had been found, arose today while American and Canadian officials hazarded guesses as to the whereabouts of the Halifax steamer, Vegas, with its purported cargo of 10,000 cases of beer and ale, valued at SIOO,OOO. The Vegas was captured last week in Lake Erie and brought to port here. A fine of S4OO was assessed for unloading cargo in Lake Erie, but the remainder of the liquid cargo was not molested. Monday the vessel departed. Today it was reported the big coastal steamer had lain off Pelee island, near the mouth of the Detroit river, lor twenty-four hours. Whether it discharged its cargo to small boats from the American shore could not be determined. Officials at the lighthouse on Pelee island watched the vessel during the daytime and said no small craft approached. What happened after nightfall they do not know. Some believe the cargo was landed during the night time. Others believe the 200-foot steamer still is cruising about in Lake Erie, awaiting a favorable moment to land its beer and ale.

THUGS MURDER AGED FARMER Shoot, Rob Man, 67, After Demanding Lodging. Bu United Press BAY CITY, Mich., Aug. 23. Called from his bed by two youths who asked for a night’s lodging, John McClean, 67-year-old Essex - ville truck farmer, was robbed and slain by the pair late Friday night. After being robbed of $6 and shot in the head and stomach, McLean staggered to the house of a neighbor, two blocks away, and told of the intrusion of the thugs. McLean said he was awakened shortly after 10 by two youths who asked for lodging. When he came to the door and explained that his house was too small to accommodate them, one of the thugs drew a pistol while the other took $6 form him, the dying man related. After firing two shots, the bandits fled across a field. POLICE CAR IN CRASH Strikes Cab in Effort to Avoid itting Auto; Officer Hurt. En route to investigate an accident, a police car driven by Patrolman John Willis collided with a taxi Friday night at St. Clair and Alabama streets. Willis suffered cuts. George R. Mellon, 25, of 1728 College avenue, was arrested for failure to give a police car right of way. Willis said he swerved to avoid hitting Mellon’s car and crashed into a cab driven by Robert Herron, 29, of 931 3 ,2 North Alabama street. SEEK DRAMATIC TITLE Nine Playgrounds to Compete for Honors at Garfield Park. Nine playgrounds will compete for the city dramatic title at 7:30 tonight in the open-air theater, Garfield park. Each playground will give a one-act play. 16 CARS AT ROCKVILLE Big Field Liistcd for Night Auto Race Meet. Bu United Press ROCKVILLE, Ind., Aug. 23.—Sixteen racing cars arrived here today to participate in Indiana’s second night dirt track asto racing program at Jungle park speedway, east of Rockville, tonight.

Wednesday night three men took Pleak as an unwilling guest on an auto journey from a station at Tenth and Dorman streets, to a secluded spot half mile away, and robbed him of about S2O. When the same trio drove into a station at Michigan street and White River boulevard Wednesday

FIGHT AFTER CRASH FATAL TO MOTORIST Negro Sought by Police as Assailant of Driver Injured in Row. DIES IN CITY HOSPITAL Friends Say Car Operator Fled After Attacking Leo Burkert, 34. Leo Burkert, 34, of 3645 West Tenth street, died today at city hospital from injuries received in a fight with a Negro, whose car collided with his truck Friday afternoon in the 800 block, West Tenth street. Police are seeking Robert Parker, Negro, address unknown to face a murder charge as the result of Burkert’s death. According to Victor Parks, 914 Concord street, and Leslie Rader, R. R. 10, who were riding with Burkert, the Negro jumped from his car after crashing into the truck and struck Burkert as the latter walked toward him. Burkert was knocked to the pavement and the Negro fled in his car, police said. Burkert’s skull was believed to have been fractured.

DETAILS OF ARCTIC TRAGEDY AWAITED

Newly Built Memorial to 1897 Party Is Left in Far North. Bu United Press OSLO, Norway, Aug. 23.—A newlybuilt memorial to three victims of the Arctic’s most adventurous aeriel expedition stood on the ice-burdened surface of White island (Kvitoeya) near Franz Josef Land today as explorers pieced together a thirty-three-year-old story of disaster and suffering in the far north. The memorial was erected by the men of the Horn Arctic expedition who found the frozen bodies of Solomon August Andree, Swedish balloonist and explorer, and one of his two companions on an unsuccessful attempt to fly over the north pole in a balloon in 1897. The body of the third flier, cither K. Fraenkel or N. Stringberg, was believed frozen in a small boat held deep in the ice where the exhausted men made their last camp. Book May Reveal Story Details of the story of the wrecking of Andree’s balloon and the desperate, futile struggle back over the ice floes from the polar region still is hidden between the iceconcealed pages of the explorer s log-book and diary. Dr. Horn will not attempt to examine the books fully until his expedition steamship, Brattvaag, reaches Norway about Sept. 10 with the bodies of Andree and one of his companions. Only one leaf of the longunopened diary was seen by the members of the Horn expedition before they dispatched news of their discovery by way of a small Norwegian fishing vessel that reached the coast Friday. That page—the last leaf in the book—and the remains of the camp gave an incomplete story of the tragedy. Sails Placed on Balloon After Andree and his companions flew northward on July 11, 1897, in their balloon, on which sails had been placed in the erroneous belief that the craft could be guided, they progressed satisfactorily for at least two days flight north from west Spitzbergen. A carrier pigeon brought back one message and others were found on buoys long afterward. Later disaster overtook their big balloon with its sails and huge, dou-ble-decker basket. Nature of the wreck may be revealed only by the diary, in which

W. C. SMITH SR., FORMER OWNER OF INDIANS, DEAD

William C. Smith Sr., widely known turf and baseball sportsman, died suddenly Friday night at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where his horses were entered in a current racing meet, according to word here today. Smith was known in Indianapolis as one-time owner of the local American Association baseball club, which he sold to the late James A. Perry in 1927 shortly before he returned to the east, where he has lived since. He purchased the Indians from his nephew, Jiminy McGill, in 1919, and moved here with his family from Pittsburgh. One son, WiUiam

night, Pleak and the manager, Joe Bering, were standing in the doorway Ith revolvers. The would-be bandits sped away. Friday night Pleak was dispensing gasoline at 370 West Michigan street, when a voice said: “Hello. Shorty! Remember us?” He did. His enemies of the two

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Bi LOS 6I ANGELES, Aug. 23.—Cliff Edwards, “Ukulele Ike,” has nothing with which to please his estranged wife’s demands, except a tune or two on his uke, the singing comedian told a judge here. Hailed into court to show cause why he should not pay Irene Edwards $250 weekly alimony, pending trial of a divorce suit, Cliff told the court that “I haven’t got a thing left in the world but my old uke. I’ll play her a tune, if you want me to. ’ Harmony Man Killlcd Bu United Press HARMONY, Ind., Aug. 23.—Frank Pollom, 50, was killed instantly when struck by a Pennsylvania passenger train east of here Friday night.

it was assumed Andree continued to write as long as his strength held out, but reports from the Hunt expedition indicated the three men had walked a long distance southward from the point at which they were wrecked. READY FOR SEA HOP German Flier to Start for U. S. From Greenland. Bu, United Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 23. —Captain Wolfgang Von Gronau, Germany’s trans-Atlantic “mystery” flier, was in Greenland today ready for the third stage of his flight from Germany to America. Still concealing his exact destination, the aviator left Reykjavik at 6:30 a. m. Friday and landed at Ivigtut, on the southwestern coast of Greenland, at 3:30 p. m. The next stage of his flight will carry him somewhere along the American coast. WALKS OFF ROOF IN SLEEP; UNAWAKENED Aged Patient Surprised When Aroused From Slumber on Lawn. Bu United Press NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 23. A little jog off the roof before breakfast apparently doesn’t mean a thing to 77-year-old Ralph Barthelme, pauient at the Coleman convalescents home. While sleep-walking Friday night, Barthelme stepped over the edge of the second story roof. He was found sleeping peacefully on the lawn this morning. He expressed surprise at his position when awakened. He suffered a slightly bruised leg. ARDNT BAND TO PLAY Group to Give Musical Program Sunday at Garfield Park. The Arndt concert band, directed by Herman Arndt, under auspices of the Indianapolis park board, will present a program at 3 Sunday at Garfield park. The selections: “Semper Fidelis,” “The Wizard of the Nile,” “William Tell,” “II Trovatore,” “Rio Rita,” “Babes in Toyland,” “Valse Bluette,” “The Prince of Pilsen” and “The Star Spangled Banner.”

J., was made vice-president of the club, and another, Hayward, was road secretary for the team. Jack Hendricks, Ownie Bush and Bruno Betzel managed the Indians during Mr. Smith’s regime at Washington park, and Betzel w’as retained as the manager when the club was sold to Mr. Perry, killed in an airplane crash near Ft. Benjamin Harrison last summer. Since moving from Indianapolis, the Smith family lived in South Norwalk, Conn. Mr. Smith, a brother of the late “Pittsburgh Phil” Smith, noted turfman, interested himself chiefly in his string of race horses.

preceding nights back on the job, that netted them $25 and Pleak’s revolver after they rode him to Palmer avenue. “I’m gettin’ tired of this,” Pleak yawned this morning. “Those guys are going to the well once too often. Some of these days I'll me a .bandit.” ••"... - •£. **.l *. .Rwu,•. •

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SCARFACE AL DEMANDED CUT OFZUTnWAG’ Gang Feuds Were Started by Capone’s Gangsters, Records Show. HUGE PROFITS BARED Combine Had Annual Income of More Than Fifteen Million Dollars. Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 23.—Liquor, vice and gambling houses yielded the Moran-Zuta-Aiello underworld syndicate an annual income of more than $15,000,000 in 1926 and 1927, investigators today said records of Jack Zuta, slain manager of the gang, have revealed. A list, of 145 resorts, divided into four “districts,” with a collector for each district, was found. Compiled receipts from all the districts showed the gang's monthly income exceeded $1,000,000, an increase of nearly 50 per cent over early estimates. Led to Lingle's Death Efforts of the gang led by Scarface A1 Capone, who was referred to in one of the letters found in Zuta’s files as “the big boss,” to cut into these profits, and of the Zuta mob to increase its territory, Jed to the frequent gang feuds here, and. police believe, to the assassination of Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter. Police officials of the period 1926-27, in an administration preceding that of Commissioner William F. Russell, will be questioned regarding a signed confession written on police stationery, by a girl revealing a plot to kidnap Zuta. Seek to Trace Link Pat Roche, chief investigator for the state s attorney, who is in charge of the Lingle and Zuta murder investigations, said that the confession never was announced publicly, and that two men named as perpetrators of the alleged plot had been wounded later in an ambush. The girl’s name was given as Helen Delmar, 19. She charged Anthony (Mops) Volpe and Joe (Peppy) Genero, now members of the Capone gang, were engineers of the kidnap plot. Roche said he wanted to know how Zuta had sufficient influence to obtain the confession from the police, department. WEAKNESS CONTINUES IN CITY HOG MARKET Small Supply of Vealers Fails to Attract Buyers. The weaknes apparent in lioge during the last two or three days continued at the union stockyards this morning, prices on several classes declining 10 to 20 cents. Lacx of demand was taken to be an important factor in the drop. The bulk, 160 to 250 pounds, sold for $11.30 to $11.50, top price $11.50. Pigs and pork sows were steady. Receipts were estimated at 2,000, holdovers were 406. Cattle were steady with receipts of 200. The supply of vealers was not large enough to attract buyers, but a few sales were recorded at $1 lower, or $11.50 down. Calf receipts were 200. Sheep and lambs were steady, receipts numbering 100. Chicago hog receipts were 7,500, including 6,000 direct. Holdovers were 6,000. Early sales on lighter weight hogs were around 15 to 25 cents lower than Friday’s average, or steady with Friday’s low time. The bulk of good to choice 170 to 225-pound weights sold for sll to $11.25; nothing done on packing sows or heavier weights. Cattle receipts were 500; sheep, 7,000. AIMEE’S MOTHER~HAS NEW NOSE OPERATION Changes Her Will to Keep Estate From Temple, She Asserts. Bv United Press LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.—Mrs. Minnie A. Kennedy, suffering a slight relapse today after a nasal operation, aimed another verbal missile at her evangelist daughter, Aimee Semple McPherson, by announcing she had changed her will to eliminate intended bequests to Angelus temple. The relapse was caused by a second operation, made necessary because the injured nose, broken, she charges, when Mrs. McPherson struck her, was not “setting straight,” as Mrs. Kennedy explained. It caused intense pain and a slight fever. TWO KILLED IN FIRE Blaze Sweeps Kansas City Mill After Fatal Explosion. ! Bu United Press j KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23.—Fire ; swept the plant of the Hogan Milling Company today, after a dust explosion had killed two men and seriously injured a third. No trace was found of John Tolls, foreman, who threw the electric switch which caused the blast. Lee Griffith, Negro packer, was killed and his Negro partner, William Burton, seriously burned. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a m.r North wind, six miles an hour; ! temperature, 74; barometric presI sure, 30.14 at sea level; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, ten miles; field, good. {